01-09-2025, 07:55 AM
Although I don't like unripe fruit (and I'm not even a great fruit fan), your description of those times and situations reminded me of the vacations I used to spend with my grandparents. 
My father's side of the family is from the south of Portugal, from the region of Alentejo, and my grandfather was very good with plants (he was very good at grafting (I think that's the right word), so we had a quince tree that gave quinces and pears and a pear tree with tree different pear varieties), so we had pears, quinces, plums, apricots, olives, figs and some 6 different varieties of grape, so although the area was not big (some 400 square metres) we had lots of fruit and vegetables at our disposal.
As we (my elder sister and myself) used to spend the Summer vacations there (and return with a few kilos of extra weight, to which eating bread with margarine and sugar was a big help
), part of the ground was usually free for us to make tents with old rags and some canes.
Great times.
Thanks for this opportunity to remember this.
My father's side of the family is from the south of Portugal, from the region of Alentejo, and my grandfather was very good with plants (he was very good at grafting (I think that's the right word), so we had a quince tree that gave quinces and pears and a pear tree with tree different pear varieties), so we had pears, quinces, plums, apricots, olives, figs and some 6 different varieties of grape, so although the area was not big (some 400 square metres) we had lots of fruit and vegetables at our disposal.
As we (my elder sister and myself) used to spend the Summer vacations there (and return with a few kilos of extra weight, to which eating bread with margarine and sugar was a big help
), part of the ground was usually free for us to make tents with old rags and some canes.Great times.
Thanks for this opportunity to remember this.
